Abdoul Sylla

Abdoul Sylla is a Strategic Technologist at Travelport, based in Atlanta, GA.23 He has been with the company for over 12 years, serving as the Sr. Director of Data Products.1 Sylla played a crucial role in implementing Elasticsearch at Travelport, which significantly improved their data analytics capabilities.1

Sylla led a team of fifteen architects and developers in searching for a new search infrastructure to complement Travelport's existing mainframe system.1 This initiative was driven by the need to process more sophisticated queries and provide faster, more flexible search capabilities for Travelport's travel agency clients.1

Under Sylla's leadership, Travelport successfully implemented Elasticsearch, which allowed them to:

1. Search through hundreds of fields instead of just two
2. Process complex queries 100 times faster
3. Handle up to 850 new passenger name records per second
4. Analyze demographic data to provide valuable insights to clients

Sylla holds a degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2 His experience includes previous roles at Trilogy, in addition to his current position at Travelport.4